Knowledge and Human Interests Jürgen Habermas
Publisher: Beacon Press

Thread: Human Interests: Nation versus Class So the aim of Comunism is to eliminate intelligence, thinking and knowledge in society, that's the end of civilisation. The choice for such a stance does not necessarily mean a reduction of one's personal interest, of participation—perhaps even the contrary. I'm lying Student of meditation, love and beauty. In Knowledge and Human Interest, Habermas presents his theory of cognitive interest. Taoism and other human interests. Here is the depiction of the Tree of Knowledge System, which posits that there are four fundamental dimensions of complexity, Matter, Life, Mind and Culture, which correspond to the behavior of Objects, Organisms, Animals, and Peoples. Over before I would run over a child. Marx, Karl et., al., (1935) Value, Price and Profit, International Publishers, New York. Second world war, changed it's way into an ideological struggle lately.(ideologies represents classes) My problem is, as I have brought into arguements many times here as well, with this "national interests", "national will" concepts. Gane, Mike (2006) Auguste Comte, Routldge, New York. Habermas found it necessary to investigate the nature of human interest at large and its implications regarding knowledge. Do I have strong grounds for making this decision, or am I just a biased, species-centric human, basing my values on myth and arbitrary self-interest? Habermas, Jürgen (1972) Knowledge and Human Interest, Beacon Press, Boston. "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. At the same time, though, Muslims believe that God's guidance is based on His knowledge, wisdom and justice. Passionate about Vedic Astrology, bio-cultural diversity, holistic living, rites of passage and living traditions of knowledge. That's what we're doing." Startling stuff, isn't it? Human knowledge is personal and participant--placing us at the center of the universe. In other words, God does not forbid something from humans for no reason whatsoever.